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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (70540)	10/28/1999 10:24:00 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Hey Duke - You may have found something new..."...1.3 billion debt, never heard of this...". My balance sheet information as of June 1999 shows no debt! I bet this debt has something to do with the DEC merger. I wonder if there were some unfunded pension liabilities that they had to reflect as a long term liability in their consolidated balance sheet. This new debt represents about $0.25/share "...the anw was by the temp cfo who mumbled something about it having specifically to do with a pension/ stock deal?..." ============================================================== Can we assume that the deferred taxes have to be paid sometime in the future? Are those amounts you posted ($) millions ? Maybe these have something to do with the Alta-Vista sale and represent the capital gains tax due. Wow, talk about hidden assets....look's more like "new" hidden liabilities. Remember, this is the "first" full quarter where all the DEC assets and liabilities have been merged into the CPQ consolidated reports. EKS

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (70540)	10/28/1999 10:29:00 PM
From: rupert1	Respond to of 97611

Duke: 1. It is a question sometimes asked to provide a CEO an opportunity to comment. EP always used to answer that he never thought the stock price was high enough. I noticed that it was asked of the EMC CEO and he answered that he thought the stock was undervalued. 2. There was massive tax write credits left over from the DEC acquisition. I am not sure what rules govern how they may be used, but I think they should eliminate tax obligations for a good time yet. I was wondering if anyone had a handle on that. 3. The $1.3 new debt figure is being bandied around the Yahoo Club. I have not looked at it. I am assuming it is very short-term, cash-flow financing. After all, CPQ had $3 billion in cash.